NMCA/NMRA West Coast Shootout Photo Gallery

This past weekend saw the first-ever JE Pistons NMCA/NMRA West Coast Shootout, presented by Lucas Oil, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. Media and Manufacturers ran in their own classes against the general public in the Racers Against Street Racing True Street Challenge. That event saw everything from early model Novas to a brand new Audi SUV. They started with 15 laps around the California Speedway and then three back-to-back runs on the quarter-mile, with no opening of the hoods or any help. It quickly separated the streetable cars from the pure racecars. A speed/stop challenge, Hotchkis suspension autocross, and two separate car shows rounded out the weekend.

Steven Rupp from Camaro Performers magazine was the quickest among the media and won the fastest overall media and manufacturer awards in his "Bad Penny" '68 Camaro. Centerforce Clutch’s Will Baty won the Manufacturers Challenge and fastest 12-second manufacturer award. Hopefully Will can help Steve out as he roasted his clutch on all three passes, making more clutch smoke than most people made on their burnouts that day.

Will's best e.t. was a 12.02 at 116.46 mph. Steven took the media win with a best 11.478 e.t. at 124.82 mph.

Representing Hot Rod, Rob Kinnan brought out the Race Rod Factory Five ’33 Ford (Nov/Dec ’09 and Jan. ’10) and David Freiburger was there in the E-Rod Z28 Camaro (Jan.-April ‘11). Both cars ran the True Street Media class on Saturday, and Kinnan ran the Hotchkis autocross on Saturday, winning the Street Rod class.